Originally released 1963
Re-issue 2006 Walhalla
new CD!
TRACKLIST:
Framed
I Ain`t Worrying Baby
Backwater Blues
Let The Good Times Roll
Going Home
I`ve Got My Mojo Working
Teens Ville USA
New
Orleans
Bo Diddley is A Gunslinger
When I Grow To Old To Rock
Evil Hearted Man
I Just Wanna Make Love To You
The Blind Man
Reeling And
Rocking
All-Music Guide REVIEW
He would come to fame in the 1970s for offering eccentric, theatrical rock, but Alex Harvey came from an R&B background that was, like so many other
groups from the British Isles, cultivated by long residences in Hamburg, Germany. This LP was apparently the first full-blown rock & roll album by a Scottish artist, and
though it hardly stands up as one of the era`s major statements, it`s likable enough in its own way. Apparently the backing group on this recording -- made at a Hamburg
club, or simulated to sound like a show -- doesn`t feature the actual Soul Band, but musicians from the obscure Liverpool group Kingsize Taylor And The Dominoes. Anyway,
the music is pretty standard British R&B, perhaps a bit more soul-oriented than most, including horns. The set features some `usual suspect` covers -- `Let The Good Times
Roll,` `I Just Wanna Make Love To You,` `New Orleans,` `I`ve Got My Mojo Working` -- along with less well-traveled warhorses. Standouts include the sax-driven instrumental
`Teensville USA` and the acoustic blues `The Blind Man.` A pleasant, though not trailblazing, historical document with warm and sincere vocals by Alex. A German version of
this album, oddly, includes a bonus studio track from the same era, a scorching cover of Chuck Berry`s `Reeling And Rocking`. - Richie Unterberger